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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16
Suffering Womanhood.

Too much effort can not be made to bring
to the attention of suffering womanhood the
great value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vcgeta-
bic Compound as a remedy for the diseases
Of women. Such an one is the wife Of Gen.
eral Barringcr, of Winston, N. c., and we
quote from the Generals letter as follows:
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham: Please allow me to
add my testimony to the most excellent
medicinal qualities Of your Vegetable Com
pound. Mrs. Barringer was treated for
several years for what the physician called
Leucorrhcea and Prolapsus Uteri COM
b;ned. Iscnt her to Richmond, Va, where
she remained for six months under the
treatment of an eminent Physician without
any permanent benefit. She was induced
to try your medicine and after reasonable
time commenced to improve and is now
able to attend to her business and consid-
ers herself fully relisued." General Barrin
ger is the proprietor of tho American Ho-
tel, Winston, N. c., and is widely known. !
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16
THE GARFIELD FAMILY.
A Glimpse at the Handsome Home ~
Mentor and Its Occupants.

"A Glimpse At the Handsome Homo ov
Mentor and Its Occupants.
In FIVE years there have been many
notable changes in the Garfield family.
There have been no deaths, but the
children of whom the father was so
fond have grown up. The two older
boys have begun course in the CO.
lumbia College Law School, and Harry,
the elder, has been teaching in some
Eastern school. Both are graduates OF
Williams College. James R Garfield
has been studying law with Judge
Boynton in Cleveland, and is looked
upon by friends of his father as the
son most like him in every way.
He has his fathers size, complexion,
eyes and manner. Both sons are now
men, and have, it is said, great am
bition. Miss Mollie, the only daughter,
is now young woman taller than her
mother, and has about finished her
studies. The two younger sons,
Abram and lrwin-the latter named
for General Irwin McDowell-are old
enough to enter a school on the Hud-
son, and left home for their duties
there recently They had never been
away from home alone before.
Since the preliminary education Of
Abram and Irwin IN the Cleveland
public schools the mother has had no
further desire to live in city. She
has ordered her mansion in Cleveland
sold and has decided to make her
future home in Mentor. She has here
added to the modest frame house of
her husband a Queen Anne structure
which cost $4,000. 1t is the most inn
posing home IN the country, although
the new part is behind and wholly SUBJ
servient to the old house in which the
President lived. This still remains the
head and front of the Garfield home,
although remodeled to conform with
the addition. A $4,000 addition to
$1,000 house is curiosity in modern
architecture, but sentiment for the
past and its illustrious dead inspired
it. There are probably sixty rooms in
both new and old houses. They 70
all furnished in modern style and with
considerable elegance, and there is an
air of aristocracy about the interior
which Garfield did not know in his own
home. Although the house is far in
the country it has all the conveniences
of a city home-in plumbing, gas-fit-
ting and steam-heating.
A natural gas well has been bored on
the farm, and the yard is kept lighted
day and night. The main entrance is
through the old house. In the hall
facing the door is "Grandma" Gar
fields old wall-sweep clock, which her
husband brought home just sixty years
ago. 1t is still the STANDARD time of
that house, and keeps on ticking just
as it did when the President was born.
To the left is the smoking room, which
is a lounging room for the family,
James being their only one who
smokes. To the right is the old parlor,
now reception room, and rich IN relics
of the dead. It was once his study.
Bibles and other books are upon the
tables, and the furniture is much the
the same as when the family left for
Washington.-Ladies' World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16
Shaved with Pu,nice Stone,

ever hear of man shaving himself
with pumice stonei" asked an Ogden
avenue barber Of Chicago Herald re-
porter. "There is carpenter over here on
Jane street who has not touched his skin
with razor for six months, yet his face is
always as smooth as woman's. Three
times week he sits down upon the bench
in his shop, and with a piece of pumice
stone held tightly between is index finger
and thumb, he will sloAl4 Tsp the stubble
of his cf'n and chops Ks says he can
shave himself in this 1ner in half tho
time it would require ffA with a razor.
Talk about there being any money in q
barber shop! It's All Apsh. 1t won't be
long before men will De shaving them
with an egg beaten"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

"The Proper Study of Mankind is Man,
says the illustrious Pope. If he had in
Guided woman in the list, he would have
been nearer the truth. If not so poeticaL
DR.. r. V. Pierce has made them both a life
study, especially woman, and the peculiar
tenn is liable. Many women in the land
who are acquainted with DR.. Pierce only
through his Favorite Prescription" bless
him with all their hearts, for he has brought
them the papacea for all those chronic all
ments peculiar to their sex; such as leucor-
rhoea, prolapsus and other d:splacemcnts,
liberation, "internal fever" bloating,
tendency to internal cancer, and other all
druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16
STOP euYINe THEM.
Two Glasses of Women Often Shabbisllly
Treated by tho Thoughtless.

l SASsoSoS
Treated by the Thoughtless.
| Harrisburg Telegraph
| A sharp-turned paragraph in a paper
! have just laid down says something mean
about old maids. Why guy the old maids!
! Every pert paragrapher flashes his wit at
the defenseless maiden well up in years.
| 1t isn't right, and he ought to be ashamed
| Of himself. Dog-gone man, anyhow, who
will poke finn at a woman. All, funny man,
! you little know the sorrow sometimes con.
cealed beneath the prim exterior of the
old maid. You can not ken the blighted
| hopes, the withered love, the bright
dreams unrealized, the apples Of ashes
| that fell to her lot, and all that made he?
an old maid. Go on, funny boy; poke you7
| cheap wit at the dear old girl; say alleged
humorous things about her and make her
feel bad in her loneliness. Some day Y ~
may needt he old maid, and o! you mirth.
| provoking son-of-a-gun, may she be on
| hand when you want her, with every drop
| Of Christian charity squeezed out of her
heart, and gall and bitterness in its place
to make it pleasant for you-O! so pleas.
ant that you will wish you were dead and
buried one thousand seven hundred feet
underground before you ever polxed fun at
the old maid.
| And there is the mother-in-law, Mister
Funny Man-you poke fun at her, too,
Some day, good sir, you will be married,
and it's shekels to dried apples that your
wife will have mother who knows you
like book, and who, to use the vernacu.
lar of the street, 'shas it in for YOU"
hope she will give you regular red paint
razzle-dazzle me boy, and that she will
make you walk the floor aud groan and
curse the day you were born. You know
that the mother-in-law is not all she If
painted Why, what would we do without
| the mother-in-lawa (Not me-what are
you smiling atD The dear, good, kindl y
| old soul who overlooks the faults of her
daughters husband, and who smooths out
the household wrinkles, and keeps things
straight, and puts things to rights when
| they don't go straight and takes care OF
her babies and sees that they are started
in life properly, and often comes in handy
when there is bill to pay and nobody
with money to pay it-what would some
| fellows do without a mother-in-law! Dear
me! l sometimes wish that l had one.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16
R.ther Delicate Question,

A French witness was asked the ques-
ton whether he ever went to church. He
said to the examining counsel, Mr.. P:
'Sair, object to answer de kesteon-it is
not proper kesteon." The counsel in
sisted, and the witness said: II appeal to
your honneur-'f it is propair kesteon."
The judge ruled that the question was q
proper one and must be answered, and
thereupon the witness, with utter uncon.
seriousness Of his blunder, said {convul-
sing the crowded court with laughter: ~
deaifair from your honneur-if it is not q
proper kesteon; for if I say no dee eyes Of
de whole court is upon me; II ! say yes. l
tell ler'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16
Is This SOP

A few years ago little book fell into
our hands, recounting the experience OF q
certain prominent business man, from
which It appeared that, as with most
Americans, too close attention to business
had broken his health. The doctor said ne
could not live. He then stated that he used
certain article which effectua.ly cured
him, and ssout of gratitude fer his own re-
covery he determined to devote portion
of his fortune to spreading its merits BE-
fore the world.n
AS we read it we said: t'This is evil
IDENTIFY shrewd expression Of a CONNER
cial motive; it sounds we'll; it reads We'll;
but many people will not believe it."
In few years, however, that man go.s
hundred thousand dollars to astronomical
research, and his name became q house,
hold word in nearly every home In the
United States.
Hundreds of thousands of people to-day,
without reservation, say that TO this man
alone they owe their lives.
If ten men are collected together the
chances are that if one man accidentally
refers to Warmers safe cure seven OF them
will be able to tell, from their own expert
ence or from the experience of their
| friends, of marvellous results which that
| remedy has wrought.
Nothing has ever been put on the market,
! we are told, the sale OF winch mas Deen SO
great and kept up SO wonderfully, AMI this
alone is evidence that merit is at the bot
! tom of its popularity.
| In our files we find many an advertise
ment from this house. Some people have
believed, have used and have been cured;
others have disbelieved, have not used, and
| died.
The manufacturers have stated, as the
result of their most careful Investigations,
that the condition OF the kidneys is the key
| to health. and that they know If the kid
| neys are maintained in health by Warmers
safe cure, ninety-three per cent. OF diseases
would disappear.
| The uric acid, or waste of the system,
left in the blood, by what may be called
constipated kidneys, blocks up the system
and carries disease to every organ.
This statement, made time and time
again, is so full of sense that it is now &C
cepted as a scientific truth by insurance
companies who reject millions of risks
every year if there is the least inactivity OF
these organs.
| The public is tired of the wrangl OF
this school and of that school, ana it is
quick to recognize anything that has such
conceded merit, and on this ground alone
can we account for its extraordinary sales
and popularity.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16
blowing Up He'll Gate

has been laborous and costly work, but
the end justi!ies the effort. Obstruction in
any important channel means disaster. Oh
structions in the organs of tho human body
bring inevitable disease. They must be
cleared away, or physical wreck will fol-
low. Keep the liver in order, and the pure
blood courses through the body, conveying
health, strength and life; let it become dis.
impurities, which result in disease and
death. No other medicine equals DR..
PIerce's "Golden Medical Discovery'' for
acting upon the liver and purifying the
hlon1 H-H 1876
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16
INVENTIVE GENIUS.


Why the Flooding Inventor Is Entitled to
Public Encouragement.
We regret that there is a disposition
sometimes to speak sneeringly of the
various patent devices that are brought
to the attention of the public, and it is
possible that there are also sneers for
the inventors of these devices. While
it is true that there are some cranks
among inventors, and while it is true
that many of the patent devices are
crude and impracticable, yet each one
represents an original idea, which,
combined with the original ideas rep
resented in other devices, has made our
people the foremost on the earth.
There have probably been some worth
less inventions patented at Washing
ton, and it is probable that ninety-nine
out of every hundred have yielded no
returns to their owners; but it is a
truth, nevertheless, that there are very
few of the whole of the vast number
which have not served noble purpose,
the ideas contained in each having
been at some time and in some form
utilized in producing the perfected de-
vice, that work with greater precision
and the apparent intelligence of the
human will. 1t is not one inventor to
whose genius is due the perfect ma
chine of to-day, but it may be that the
ideas OF thousand have been COM
bined to produce that result, many of
whom are dead, nearly all of whom are
forgotten and their names unknown,
save as they are written upon the
musty records of the patent office.
Unaided by the genius of the hum
bic and sometimes cranky inventors,
the world with its billions of capital and
its millions of strong and willing arms
would have made but poor progress in
bringing railroading up to its present
state of perfection. The tremendous
possibilities of the future are bounded
only by the genius and the labor of in
ventors. There will be no lack of
labor and capital, but all will depend
upon the men who wear their lives out
in making the practical application of
an idea to which their genius has given
birth. A few more efforts, and the
thousand or so of geniusus and cranks
mlscaled "the patent car coupler
fends, but who are really angels in
disguise, will give us car coupler that
annually saves many thousands OF
valuable human lives. A little
more labor, and the in
venias will give us a
brake that will greatly lessen the num-
Der of collisions. A few more i'm
proyements, and we shall have such
tunneling and grading machinery that,
instead of going over and around
mountains and hills, we shall 60
straight through aud under them, CIV
us solid tracks without grades and
curves; and in word, instead of our
trains maxi NC fifty miles an hour, we
shall with greater safety make one
hundred miles an hour, at just such
time as it shall suit the convenience OF
our inventors to have us do so.
Then by all means let us give every
encouragement and aid possible to in,
ventive genius. Instead of contract
ing, let us enlarge in every manner
possible the scope and usefulness OF
the Patent Office Instead of sneerine
at the Crank inventors of patent
devices, let us honor them as the great
est benefactors of their race. -RaiIyay
Service Gazette.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

The Judges {Messrs. A. Kinkaid, II.
Wilkinson, ]. Grieve, j. M'Intyre and J.
M'Guinness) thus awarded the buckeye"
the first prize, with the maximum number
Of points, Hornsby second, with 43, and
work performed was the best they had
ever seen, and their decision was cheered
by the farmers present.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

FooD makes Blood and Blood makes
Beauty. Improper digestion of food neccs-
sarily produces bad blood, resulting in a
feeling Of fullness in the stomach, acidity,
heartburn, sick-headache, and other dys-
peptic symptoms. A closely confined life
causes indigestion, constipation, bilious
troubles there is no remedy equal to Prick.
ly Ash Bltters. It has been tried and
proven to be specific.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

Two human skeletons have been
found imhedded in the walls OF
bowlder near Tucson. When found
they were in a sitting posture. Sitting
down on top of bowlder is a modern
accompi' shment, but to sit down inside
of a bowider is lost art.-~Sg1 Fran
cisco Examiner,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

NOVEMBER, 1880, Thomas Tormey, Scott
Depot, Putnam Co, w. Va. wrote: "In
bed with sciatica; am using st. Jacobs OIL
Oct. 25th, 1886, he writes: "Three rub
bings with it, got me out and cured me.
No return.'
1--WE have used Red Star Cough Cure,''
write the Sisters of the Notre Dame,
Govanstown, Nd, s'for the cure of coughs,
oppression Of the chest and sore throat. u
Price twenty five cents a bottle.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16
The Idiots, Latest Catch.

There are very few people who fail to
bite at the latest gag. If you don't be-
lieve it try it on your friend. "Don't you
want to make little dust this evening!"
is the query which nearly always brings
IN affirmative response. The rejoinder is +:
sWell then, 20 out and shaka the mat
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

An Albany drunken man sagely re-
moved his boots and stockings and
stuck his feet through picket fence to
warm them by moonlight, Aldans
yournql
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

DINER -" Waiter, see you have got
turtle soup on the menu. Is it mock
turtles" Waiter mo, sir, mud. y Ex-
change.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

For COUGHS AND THROAT DISORDERS
use Browns BRONCHIAL TRocnEs. 'Have
never changed my mind respecting them,
except think better of that which I began
thinking we'll cf."-Rw. Henry Ward
Beecher. Sold only in boxes Price 25 cts.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

WHEN dude sprains finger would II
be proper to describe the occurrence as
monkey wrench a-Chicago Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

All Men are not Bad,
Neither are all prepared remedies unrelia-
BILE. This is proven by the results follow
ing the use of Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic for
dyspepsia, rheumatism, scrofula, jaundice,
torpid liver and general weakness.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

ADVERTISING always pays" to be sure,
but we are sorry to say that advertising is
not always paid for.-L0ueW Citizen.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

Dry and gray hair will become moist and
dark by the use of Halls Hair Remover.
For sudden colds, hoarseness, or irrita-
ton of the throat, take Ayers Cherry
PICTORIAL
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

Good ADv1cE.-Use Hale's Honey OF
Horehound and Tar for a cough or cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

No Trouble to Swallow
DR.. Pierce's "Pellets" (the original "little
liver pills') and no pain or gripping. Cure
sick or bilious headache. sour stomach, and
cleanse the system and bowels. 25 cents u
yio1
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

A DREss-MAKER may try as hard as she
will to be original, yet her art will always
be a matter of form.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

The man who loses his entire fortune on
a single venture without grmace, will
kick like steer if there is twist in his
suspenders.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

WHEN went West to find an opening
for my money Brooks was a sedate, hard.
working lawyer I never supposed he
would earn his salt.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

How CAN you expect woman to keep up
with the age, when she has so much diff
Guilty in keeping up with her own.-Bur-
ington Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

WHr is bed governess like good onei
One misguides, the other guides misses.
~. y Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

EMPEROR WILLIAM's appetite is said to
be failing. But the Prussian diet seems to
agree with him.-Iroy Times
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

You are wrong, my son, a person feeling
Ill may have no i'll feeling. Indeed, some
very nice people live in Ill
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16
No Trouble to swallow

CHESTNUT heir-the son OF negro
Observation-Disclosures Iraveler.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

WHAT has Father Time done to the mu-
sicians that they must ''beat'' him so ofteni
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

8 months treatment for SOC. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

IT is the empty heart that aches. The
head is differently. o. Picayuae.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

A BRAssY proceeding = eating in res
taurant whose forks need renlating.-
Ne,o Hauen Ne,cs
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

''WELL what is it, Nora?" "Indade,
mum, the waters cold" sWhat waterr'
"The hot water, mum. '-Boston Common
NeaLh
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16
All Men ara

THE man who commits suicide by hang.
ing dies of his own free will and cord
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

MAN wants but little here below-.zsro.-
Boston Courier
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

A TYPE Of the people-tin-type. -Roches-
ter Post Express.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

DocroRs are disagreeing upon so many
subjects that it isn't healthy to go to them
for advice.-Philadelphia Call
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

HIS life perpetual grind--the miller
NJ Y GyapAic
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

A SLIP Of the pen-e young porker.-
Boston R1lls.in
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

PAupERs are bound to go ragged % long
8 they are au mend l-cants
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

An auctioneer does as he is bid, post
man as he is directed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-16

The public is tired Of the wrangl $ of
this school and of that school, ana it is
quick to recognize anything that has such
conceded merit, and on this ground alone
can we account for its extraordinary sales
and popularity.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-12-20
Completion OF the Oregon Railway.

The celebration near Ashland, Or.
tomorrow afternoon, will mark an
important event In the history OF the
Pacific states. There will be driven.
formally, the last spike of the line OF
railroad that for few years has been
in course of construction, connecting
fOregon with California. The driving
of the golden spike will mark the
compile tion OF direct rail communica-
tion between Portland and San Fran
cisco, the chief commercial cities of
the western empire, and bind with
bands of steel the chief cities OF the
coast, from Seattle to San Diego, dis
tance of over one Thousand four hun
dred miles. This railroad line completes
the network of rail communication
in the west. which began with the
completion of the first overland line,
eighteen years ago. Now, there are
five main overland lines. binding east
and west, and the northern and south
ern limits OF the great Pacific coast
empire are united by the line just
completed. Steamers connect the
through coast overland line with
Port Moody and the Canadian Pa
cific. The connecting line with Ore
gon means renewed prosperity for all
the coast and especially upper Cali
fornia and Oregon. 1t "opens country
that will attract readily some of the
thousands Of strangers now turning
this way. More connecting railroads
are sure to follow, and no one can
predict the prosperity that the next
decade will Shows. +. Bulletin, IS.